The White House denied preparations for the meeting of the presidents of the United States and Russia

“At this stage, nothing, of course, is in the plans,” Psaki said.

She noted that it was assumed that the summit on the situation around Ukraine could be held following the talks between US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, but today Blinken refused the meeting, saying that he saw no point in it.

- As he (Anthony Blinken - ed.) said, it would be inappropriate for him to meet at this moment with his colleague Mr. Lavrov, and this meeting was conceived as a contact that could be followed by any interaction with President Putin, - Psaki specified .

At the same time, according to her, the United States will not close diplomatic contacts, even if the Russian Federation escalates.

On the eve of the plans for the upcoming meeting of the leaders of the two countries denied in the Kremlin.

Earlier it became known that US President Joe Biden announced sanctions against Russia that would affect the sovereign public debt. This, according to the American leader, will cut Russia off "from Western funding."